Both Tom and Becky in the article you posted RoryKuykendall, work out of the CA F&G office here in Bishop.
Both know of and were part my three different Wolverine sighting Reports three & four years ago that included pieces of potential wolverine scat. Both are well aware of the positive test reports that ensued from the Idaho Wolverine Research Ctr for the two different evidences of scat that I submitted with my sightings. Unfortunately, due to strict funding the last three years, neither could facilitate a wolverine research program in the areas of my sightings.
One of the two different confirmed Wolverine Scat piles I submitted:
They are there. And they don't take down sheep. Their range is so immense, up to 200 miles and in this case, probably more.
No, I won't tell exactly where I saw them. I will say that all three were out of the Pine Creek T/H.
PS: All the local's knows that Wheeler Crest (both east and west) has the biggest sheep herd. Go up to Tamarack Lake and Broken Finger Pass outta of Rock Creek Lake, and you will see both Sheep and Mountain Lion co-existing on a normal level. Hell, I almost hit two of em with my truck late last Fall driving up on Pine Creek Road on the way to one of my regular crags in PC.